San Francisco '34 waterfront strike / A. Refregier. – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with San Francisco '34 waterfront strike / A. Refregier., a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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San Francisco '34 waterfront strike / A. Refregier.
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Rather than the dockside scenes often linked to the 1934 strike, this silkscreen focuses on public speaking, a subject the catalog record highlights alongside the longshoremen and their unions. The waterfront walkout began in May 1934 and spread along the West Coast, reaching its bloodiest point on July 5, known as Bloody Thursday, when police fired on strikers. Anton Refregier made the print years later, between 1940 and 1948, so it looks back on that upheaval as a turning point for organized labor in the city.
| Medium | 1 print : silkscreen, color ; 28.8 x 55.8 cm (image), 46.4 x 69.1 cm (sheet) |
|---|---|
| Genre | 1912-1948 |
| Notes | [between 1940 and 1948] |
| Subjects | Longshoremen's strikes--California--San Francisco--1930-1940. Longshoremen's unions--California--San Francisco--1930-1940. Longshoremen--California--San Francisco--1930-1940. Public speaking--California--San Francisco--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,640 × 3,837 px · prints to 15 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220122 |
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